the ponies run, the girls are young,
the odds are there to beat.
you win a while, and then it's done;
your little winning streak.
and summoned now to deal
with your invincible defeat,
you live your life as if it's real,
a thousand kisses deep.
i'm turning tricks, i'm getting fixed,
i'm back on boogie street.
you lose your grip, and then you slip
into the masterpiece.
and maybe i had miles to drive,
and promises to keep:
you ditch it all to stay alive,
a thousand kisses deep.
and sometimes when the night is slow,
the wretched and the meek,
we gather up our hearts and go,
a thousand kisses deep.
confined to sex, we pressed against
the limits of the sea:
i saw there were no oceans left
for scavengers like me.
i made it to the forward deck
i blessed our remnant fleet ;
and then consented to be wrecked,
a thousand kisses deep.
i'm turning tricks, i'm getting fixed,
i'm back on boogie street.
i guess they won't exchange the gifts
that you were meant to keep.
and quiet is the thought of you
the file on you complete,
except what we forgot to do,
a thousand kisses deep.
and sometimes when the night is slow,
the wretched and the meek,
we gather up our hearts and go,
a thousand kisses deep.
the ponies run, the girls are young,
the odds are there to beat
..öyle akşamlar vardır ki,
hava o kadar yumuşak ve narindir ki,
insan,
yanık,
çanak çömlek kırıkları üstünde,
çıplak ayak yürüyebilir..
ve, varken, oluyorken, an o an'ken olduğu haliyle bir gerçekliğin, artık olmadığını, olmayacağını, geri getirmenin de mümkün olmadıgını bilir..
..
ve;
..we gather up our hearts and go
a thousand kisses deep..
şarkı sözleri ne anlama gelir bilmem ama dinledikçe sigarasına dayanmış yalnız bir adam imajı canlanır akılda bu da her şarkıya nasip olası bir durum değildir insan doğasını siyah beyaz renklerle boyayıp geçen asırlık melodidir.
gece, odanızın tavanını izlerken dinlerseniz bir de bakarsınız aklınız, kalbiniz bir olmuş,yumak olmuş duygularınız size dünyanın en görülmemiş duyulmamış düşlerini yaşatmaya başlamıştır. Uçarsınız, müzikle sarhoş olursunuz.
L. Cohen'in yazdığı en güzel şiirlerden biridir belki de birincisidir kanımca.bir sevgiliye yazılabilecek en güzel şiirlerden. üzerine çok da yorum yapmaya gerek yok aslında o kendisini çok daha iyi anlatıyor.
you came to me this morning
and you handled me like meat.
you´d have to be a man to know
how good that feels, how sweet.
my mirror twin, my next of kin,
i´d know you in my sleep.
and who but you would take me in
a thousand kisses deep?
i loved you when you opened
like a lily to the heat.
you see, i´m just another snowman
standing in the rain and sleet,
who loved you with his frozen love
his second-hand physique,
with all he is, and all he was
a thousand kisses deep.
i know you had to lie to me
i know you had to cheat
to pose all hot and high
behind the veils of sheer deceit
our perfect porn aristocrat
so elegant and cheap
i'm old but i'm still into that
a thousand kisses deep.
i'm good at love, i'm good at hate,
it's in between i freeze.
been working out, but it's too late,
it's been too late for years.
but you look good, you really do,
they love you on the street,
if you were here, i'd kneel for you
a thousand kisses deep.
the autumn moved across your skin,
got something in my eye,
a light that doesn't need to live,
and doesn't need to die.
a riddle in the book of love,
obscure and obsolete
'til witnessed here in time and blood
a thousand kisses deep.
and i';m still working with the wine
still dancing cheek to cheek
the band is playing auld lang syne
but the heart will not retreat
i ran with diz, i sang with ray,
i never had their sweep
but once or twice they let me play
a thousand kisses deep.
i loved you when you opened
like a lily to the heat.
you see, i´m just another snowman
standing in the rain and sleet,
who loved you with his frozen love
his second-hand physique,
with all he is, and all he was
a thousand kisses deep.
but you don't need to hear me now,
and every word i speak,
it counts against me anyhow
a thousand kisses deep.
yanınızda biri uyurken sizin ise gram uykunuz yokken takarsınız kulaklığı dinlemeye başlarsınız. odanın karanlığında tavana bakarak dinler durursunuz, hayata dair düşünürsünüz. bir leonard cohen klasiği ile içiniz garip bir şekilde huzurla dolar.
eğer intihar edersem bu şarkıda ederim. dinlerken cok hoşuma gidiyor bi o kadar da içimdeki sadist beni uyandırıyor. rahmetli leonard cohen şarkısıdır.
leonard cohen'in en sevdiğim, sesininin beni en etkilediği parçası. çok naif ve güzel de bir melodisi var ki gün içinde sık sık dilime mırıldanma şeklinde dolanıyor. sözleri de bir o kadar manalı. daha ne olsun *
